UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 481

Presented by Open Clasp - the multi-award winning company behind New York Times Critics' pick, Key Change - Sugar is an intimate piece of theatre made for the screen, written by Catrina McHugh MBE, directed by Laura Lindow and devised with women who are homeless, on probation or in prison.

Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony choreographer Rosie Kay's new production of Romeo + Juliet sets the tragedy in Birmingham, in the midst of summer 2021 in a realm of forbidden love amongst gang allegiances.

Pepper and Honey which was due to tour in Autumn 2020 (and was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic), is hosting a free online performance in 2 parts thanks to funding from The Library Presents.

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Following the huge success of hosting the UK premiere of Van Gogh Alive, Birmingham Hippodrome have announced they will be extending the experience until Sunday 31 January.

Boundless Theatre announces Boundless Happenings; a series of theatrical, digital, and experimental online participatory events launching today, 2 December, and running until 31 January 2021.

New Frame Productions today announce that Sir Derek Jacobi, Richard Clifford, Detox, Mayhem Miller, Meatball and Vinegar Strokes will make special guest appearances in episode four of The Vicky Vox Project, which will be streaming from 4pm today.

As part of the ongoing success of Unicorn Online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Unicorn has announced another inventive digital reimagining of one of the venue's most endearing and popular festive hits.

Tracing Movement today announces Rebound; a filmed dance piece performed onstage at Theatre Royal Stratford East, directed and choreographed by Stuart Winter.

We could all do with a touch of magic right now.

Several energetic staff members from Darlington Hippodrome will be putting their best foot forward in full Santa costume to run in this year’s St Teresa’s Hospice virtual 5k Santa Fun Run on Sunday 6 December.

In a digital ceremony tonight, the winners of the inaugural The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020 were announced.

Complicité theatre company’s Artistic Director, Simon McBurney, will be joined online by award-winning writers Karen Armstrong, Amin Maalouf and Esther Woolfson to discuss stories: why we tell them, what they do, and, in particular, the story of how we got to where we are now.

Small Truth Theatre's DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE has announced their new micro festive show for 2020! Bringing the best new writing to our digital micro theatre with a big heart.

Punchdrunk - the charity that creates transformational theatre for children and communities across the UK and beyond - today announces the launch of The Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise money in order to bring a plethora of new jobs and opportunities to the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

From December over 60 writers will be involved in the creation of the Royal Court Theatre's upcoming project Living Newspaper: A Counter Narrative, a weekly live newspaper running over six weeks which will see the theatre reopen since its closure in March.

With 2020 at it’s last stretch, the AFDA Honours acting students present the live production of DISCONnECTED.

An all new trailer for Original Theatre Company's The Haunting of Alice Bowles has been released.

The Belgrade Theatre is getting set to bid 2020 goodbye with an exciting programme for spring 2021, leading into the start of Coventry's year as UK City of Culture.

Pink Pig Productions has announced its brand new Online Sitcom Pilot 'The Gift That Keeps Giving'.

New rehearsal images have been released for the production The Comeback which will begin performances at the Noel Coward Theatre on December 8th.

Theatr Clwyd has adopted Flintshire Music Service in a move that will protect the future of youth music in Flintshire and the music lessons provided to over 2,500 young people.

Olivier Award winners The Showstoppers return to your home screens one final time this year to bring some much needed festive cheer into your living room with a special Christmas edition of their improvised musical livestream.

S-27 by Sarah Grochala is the winner of Amnesty International's first Protect The Human Playwriting Competition.

It was announced today that Live Nation has been selected as the preferred bidder to deliver the new 15,000 capacity Cardiff arena.